Re: (idm) Hip-hop history/CD philosophy

From WRIGHT WILLIAM B JR
Sent Wed, Apr 21st 1999, 01:38

The Flaming Lips....Zaireeka, their 4-cd set (all 4 cds are supposed to be
played at once in order for the entire song to be heard) has lengthy liner
notes about the theory behind it.  They go on a lot about how if you have 2
cds which are exactly the same, but play them in different players starting
at exactly at the same time, they will go slightly in and out of phase to
very weird effect (try it, it works!).  Because the motor of most cd
players is not really perfectly accurate blah blah.  

>2)Have any artists besides Oval exploited the theoretical possibilities of
>the CD medium? What can you really do with the mdeium anyway, besides
>playing a disk straight, or making it skip?  Are there any other possible
>manipulations?  Hidden tracks don't particularly interest me.